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Prisoner: Cell Block H

Prisoner: Cell Block H

Series

  • Title:Prisoner: Cell Block H
  • User score:
    7.6
  • First air date:1979-02-27
  • Genres:Soap, Drama
  • Number of seasons:8
  • Number of episodes:692
  • Status:Ended
Prisoner is an Australian soap opera that is set in the Wentworth Detention Centre, a fictional women's prison.

List of Seasons

Season 1
S1 - Season 1
0.0
79 episodes

Air date: 1979-02-27

The first season of Australian drama television series Prisoner (commonly known as Prisoner: Cell Block H) premiered on the then-known 0-10 Network on 26 February 1979 in Sydney and 27 February 1979 in Melbourne. The season contains 79 episodes and concluded on 28 November 1979.

Season 2
S2 - Season 2
0.0
86 episodes

Air date: 1980-01-22

The second season of Australian drama television series Prisoner (commonly known as Prisoner: Cell Block H) premiered on Network Ten on 22 January 1980. It consists of 86 episodes and concluded on 12 November 1980. This season's storylines include the escape of Roslyn Coulson, aided by terrorist Janet Dominguez and the subsequent shooting of Erica Davidson; Lizzie's exoneration; the bomb explosion which causes the deaths of Jim Fletcher's family; Bea Smith's feud with new prisoner Kay White; Judy Bryant's planned revenge on corrupt officer Jock Stewart for the murder of her girlfriend Sharon Gilmour; the season finale tunnel escape collapse.

Season 3
S3 - Season 3
0.0
81 episodes

Air date: 1981-02-04

The third season of Australian drama television series Prisoner (commonly known as Prisoner: Cell Block H) premiered on Network Ten on 4 February 1981. It consists of 81 episodes and concluded on 11 November 1981. The season is notable for the conclusion to the tunnel escape storyline which ended the previous season; the departure of Vera Bennett ("Vinegar Tits") when she accepts the position of governor of Barnhurst; the kidnapping of Erica Davidson; the arrival of new prisoners Sandy Edwards, Kate Peterson and former inmate and top dog of H Block – Marie Winter; Bea Smith's amnesia, and later, her mysterious illness which sees her step down as top dog, only to be replaced by Sandy Edwards.

Season 4
S4 - Season 4
0.0
80 episodes

Air date: 1982-02-09

Season 5
S5 - Season 5
0.0
90 episodes

Air date: 1983-02-01

Season 6
S6 - Season 6
0.0
89 episodes

Air date: 1984-01-17

Season 7
S7 - Season 7
0.0
83 episodes

Air date: 1985-01-24

Season 8
S8 - Season 8
0.0
104 episodes

Air date: 1986-01-09

Production Companies

Network Ten

Top Cast

Gerda Nicolson

Gerda Nicolson

Ann Reynolds

Maggie Kirkpatrick

Maggie Kirkpatrick

Joan "The Freak" Ferguson

Janet Andrewartha

Janet Andrewartha

Reb Kean

Elspeth Ballantyne

Elspeth Ballantyne

Meg Morris

Glenda Linscott

Glenda Linscott

Rita Connors

Julia Blake

Julia Blake

Nancy McCormack

Joy Westmore

Joy Westmore

Joyce Barry / Joyce Pringle

Kylie Belling

Kylie Belling

Sarah West

Terry Gill

Terry Gill

Jack Grace

Ray Meagher

Ray Meagher

Ernest Craven

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